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San Diego legendary Classic Rock band ROCKOLA Sat. Feb 4 9:00 pm
San Diego legendary Classic Rock band ROCKOLA
Humphrey's Backstage Live
What can you say...ROCKOLA has been entertaining San Diego and beyond for over 25 years now. Visit Rockola.com for more info...
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Chris Carpenter Fri. Feb 10 6:30 pm
Chris Carpenter
House Of Blues San Diego
Chris Carpenter spent many campfire nights as a child listening to his mom write and play music as they traveled from h...
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Carmen Caserta Tue. Feb 14 9:00 pm
Carmen Caserta
Tin Can Alehouse
Carmen began chronicling her life on paper as soon as she learned to write; it became a necessity, the mechanism by which she...
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Phil Diiorio Sat. Feb 18 9:00 pm
Phil Diiorio
Pier View Pub
Phil grew up in Rhode Island listening to guitar players like :Duke Robilard and Ronnie Earl of Roomfull of Blues f...
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Phil Diiorio Sat. Feb 25 8:30 pm
Phil Diiorio
The Bailey BBQ
Phil grew up in Rhode Island listening to guitar players like :Duke Robilard and Ronnie Earl of Roomfull of Blues f...
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Phil Diiorio Sat. Mar 17 8:30 pm
Phil Diiorio
Pier View Pub
Phil grew up in Rhode Island listening to guitar players like :Duke Robilard and Ronnie Earl of Roomfull of Blues f...
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Random Nugget...

Wednesday, December 07 2011
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I was replying to a post on FB in a drumming group and related how I view the process of developing one's playing.

This is how I see the learning curve: If you listen to little babies try to talk they all babble and say nonsensical little murmurs. The same should be with the drums; yes, definitely spend time quantizing to Quarters, Eights, Sixteenths, etc....but also set aside a little "exploration time" in that your hands just wander and do stuff that they may want to do; some of my...


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Supernatural Cymbals Promo Video

Tuesday, December 06 2011
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My buddy Armando Marcos Cepeda did this video for a class project. Armando is an awesome bass player who was the last bassist to play with Ike Turner. He and I never did any gigs together with Ike but still we are connected by that heavy cord, LOL!


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My new band Carpenter

Monday, November 21 2011
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Chris Carpenter, songwriter extraordinaire, David Ybarra my longtime bassist companion in many iterations of bands and myself have embarked upon a very cool little songwritry sorta thing. Chris has these awesome tunes and he and I started to fuse drums/piano together. Along came David and the trio "Carpenter" was borne. Click Read more for the videos. They're awesome.


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The Odd Get Even is a collaboration between keyboardist Bill Cornish and drummer Bill Ray. The songs started out as improvised drum tracks by Ray around which Cornish fleshed out the details and provided a compositional framework. The result is an energetic and unique blend of styles full of creative twists and turns....

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Aside from beating things with sticks, I have a very protracted and poignant affinity for good code. Please visit the sites that have seen benefit from my drum knowledge/web development experience. Drummers are a fraternal lot; I know drummers...I'm part of the "Secret Handshake Club".

Objects in Motion, by The Odd Get Even
This video was shot in Paris January 2011 and Holland March 2011 and given creative treatment while waiting in hotels, airport lounges and even on a transatlantic flight.

Ike Turner Vignette on Smithsonian's "Sound Revolution"
This video, narrated by Morgan Freeman pays homage to the genius of Ike Turner. Were it not for Ike, music would be far different as we would know it.

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